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consistency of agricultural product quality policy as a priority for geographical
indications schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs and traditional
specialities.
3.13
At the same time Recital (11) points out that as the EU has been pursuing the
simplification of the regulatory framework of the CAP, this approach should
also be applied to regulations in the field of agricultural product quality policy,
without, in so doing, calling into question the specific characteristics of those
products.
3.14
Given these considerations Recital (13) proposes the amalgamation into a
single legal framework of Regulations (EC) No 509/2006 and (EC) No
510/2006 by the repeal of those regulations and their replacement by Council
Regulation (EC) No 1151/2012. This repeal is effected by Art 58 of the
Regulation.
6. External influences
3.15
Recital (20) to the Regulation explains that it reflects the requirement to make
provision for the development of designations of origin and geographical
indications at the EU level and for promoting the creation of mechanisms for
their protection in third countries in the framework of the WTO or multilateral
and bilateral agreements and Recital (21) refers to the experience gained from
the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 as identifying 'a
need to address certain issues, to clarify and simplify some rules and to
streamline the procedures of this scheme'. An objective identified in Recital
(22) is that in the light of existing practice, the two different instruments for
identifying the link between the product and its geographical origin, namely the
protected designation of origin and the protected geographical indication,
should be further defined and maintained. Without changing the concept of
those instruments, 'some modifications to the definitions should be adopted in
order to better take into account the definition of geographical indications laid
down in the TRIPS Agreement and to make them simpler and clearer for
operators to understand'.
7. Coordination of name protection
3.16
Recital (19) states that '[e]nsuring uniform respect throughout the Union for
the intellectual property rights related to names protected in the Union is a
priority that can be achieved more effectively at Union level'. This may well
underrate the significance of the Trade Marks Directive, which envisages a
horizontal approach to the protection of names registered as trade marks.
